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| Lot # 38 PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT - PRINTED LETTER SIGNED IN INK 01/23/1904 - Document 154638 |
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Appointment of a delegate to the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists to
be held at the St. Louis Worlds Fair.
Printed (engraved) LS: "Theodore Roosevelt" as President, 1p,
8¼x13. White House, Washington, 1904 January 23. To "Hon. Alfred
Hemenway", whose name has been written in calligraphy at lower left. In
full: "In pursuance of the request of the respective Presidents of the
Universal Exposition, St. Louis, and of the American Bar Association, that the
President of the United States should designate a certain number of delegates to
the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists to be held at St. Louis in
September, 1904, you are hereby designated a delegate on behalf of the United
States to the said Congress." On April 30, 1904, President Theodore
Roosevelt opened the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also called the St. Louis
World's Fair, in St. Louis, Missouri. Two weeks later, the first Olympics
ever held in the United States opened in St. Louis. The exposition, which took
six years of preparation, cost more than $31.5 million. It attracted more than
19 million visitors and lasted until December 1, 1904. Its 1,240 acres made it
the largest international exposition to date. Among its exhibits: more than 100
different automobiles, a Philippine exhibition showing America its recent
acquisition from Spain, and replicas of European landmarks. Stains at upper left
and upper right blank areas. Mounting remnants on verso of blank integral sheet.
Slight separation at right edge at all three folds, shading at edges only, wear
at lower right corner.
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